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Administrative documents

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.009
Date Range
1938; 1985-2015
Scope and Content
Series consists of Whaletown Community Club executive membership rosters, constitution, and by-laws. Of note, the certificate of incorporation of the Gorge Harbour Hall Society (1938). Series also includes documents pertaining to the Gorge Hall, including events lists, list of upgrades, history of rental fees, occupant load certificate, and rental agreement. Series was removed from a binder when accessioned.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
15
Accession Number
2017.009
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1938; 1985-2015
Scope and Content
Series consists of Whaletown Community Club executive membership rosters, constitution, and by-laws. Of note, the certificate of incorporation of the Gorge Harbour Hall Society (1938). Series also includes documents pertaining to the Gorge Hall, including events lists, list of upgrades, history of rental fees, occupant load certificate, and rental agreement. Series was removed from a binder when accessioned.
Storage Location
2-30
Storage Range
2-30
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Administrative Records Series

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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1948-1954
Scope and Content
Series consists of Whaletown Women's Institute membership records and an agreement relating to the Whaletown Community Club.
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
3
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1954
Physical Description
1 file of membership book 1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of Whaletown Women's Institute membership records and an agreement relating to the Whaletown Community Club.
Storage Range
1-19 to 1-20
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Administrative Records Series

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
electronic records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1938; 1952-2016
Scope and Content
This series contains records pertaining to the administration of the Whaletown Community Club including the constitution and bylaws, an agreement with the Whaletown Women's Institute, tax and insurance records, lease agreements, membership records and reports of finances and activities filed with the provincial government.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
electronic records
Date Range
1938; 1952-2016
Physical Description
6 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
This series contains records pertaining to the administration of the Whaletown Community Club including the constitution and bylaws, an agreement with the Whaletown Women's Institute, tax and insurance records, lease agreements, membership records and reports of finances and activities filed with the provincial government.
Storage Location
1-17 - 1-24
2-2
2-11
2-17 - 2-19
2-30
3-12
3-16
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Community Associations
Women's Institute
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Agreement between Whaletown Women's Institute and the Whaletown Community Club

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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File consists of three pages of textual records pertaining to a January 1953 agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Whaletown Community Club regarding use of the Church Hall
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
3 pages of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of three pages of textual records pertaining to a January 1953 agreement between the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Whaletown Community Club regarding use of the Church Hall
Storage Location
1-20
Storage Range
1-20
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Agreement with Whaletown Women's Institute re Church Hall

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Storage Location
1-18
Storage Range
1-18
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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B.C. Societies Act reports

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1976-1982
Scope and Content
Reports filed annually with the provincial Registrar of Societies with information on the names and addresses of directors of the club and numbers of voting and non-voting members.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
6
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976-1982
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
Reports filed annually with the provincial Registrar of Societies with information on the names and addresses of directors of the club and numbers of voting and non-voting members.
Storage Location
1-22
Storage Range
1-22
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Betty Gibbons and Norm, Lisa & Michael Gibbons in front of their woodshed at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1975
Scope and Content
Betty (Elizabeth) Gibbons is Norm's mother.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.040
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1975
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Betty (Elizabeth) Gibbons is Norm's mother.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Bonnie MacDonald holding her baby daughter Lucy, Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
Bonnie MacDonald holding Lucy, who is a few months old. Note the quilt, made by the women of Refuge Cove as a gift.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.024
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Bonnie MacDonald holding Lucy, who is a few months old. Note the quilt, made by the women of Refuge Cove as a gift.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Building a cedar fence, Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978
Scope and Content
Verso of photo: "Pigs arriving any minute - get that fence built!"
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.029
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Verso of photo: "Pigs arriving any minute - get that fence built!"
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Buildings at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca.1955]
Scope and Content
Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school. The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.001
Item Number Range
NG.001
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca.1955]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school. The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
Images
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Carcass of a bear shot by Norm Gibbons hanging beside their house

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
For the story of how the bear was shot, see the transcript of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about Refuge Cove.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.042
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
For the story of how the bear was shot, see the transcript of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about Refuge Cove.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
Images
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"Care and Feeding of the Gorge Hall"

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
[ca. 1986]
Scope and Content
List of rules and regulations handed out to users of the Gorge Hall, envelope, blank application for special occasion licenses.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
5
File Number
9
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1986]
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
List of rules and regulations handed out to users of the Gorge Hall, envelope, blank application for special occasion licenses.
Storage Location
1-55
Storage Range
1-55
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Chicken plucking party at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Scope and Content
Plucking some of the 50 chickens raised for meat before dinner and a dance, "Chicken Pluckers' Stomp". L to R: (ID), (ID), Michael Gibbons (mostly hidden), Judy White in blue, (ID), Mark Mellieux (sp?), Lisa Gibbons
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.030
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Plucking some of the 50 chickens raised for meat before dinner and a dance, "Chicken Pluckers' Stomp". L to R: (ID), (ID), Michael Gibbons (mostly hidden), Judy White in blue, (ID), Mark Mellieux (sp?), Lisa Gibbons
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
Images
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Child standing beside the bear shot by Norm Gibbons at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.043
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
Images
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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.009
Date Range
1999-[ca.2010]
Scope and Content
File contains notes, financial statements, price lists, and advertising materials related to the annual Gorge Hall Christmas Bazaar.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
5
File Number
24
Accession Number
2017.009
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999-[ca.2010]
Scope and Content
File contains notes, financial statements, price lists, and advertising materials related to the annual Gorge Hall Christmas Bazaar.
Storage Location
3-4
Storage Range
3-4
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2008
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of people in the Gorge Hall at craft tables and in the kitchen.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
4
Item Number Range
2017.005.023 - .027
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2008
Physical Description
5 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of people in the Gorge Hall at craft tables and in the kitchen.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.009
Date Range
1999-[ca.2010]
Scope and Content
Series consists of notes, correspondence, advertising materials, ephemera, task lists, and financial statements pertaining to the Whaletown Community Club's annual Christmas dinner. Series was removed from a binder when accessioned.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
5
File Number
25
Accession Number
2017.009
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999-[ca.2010]
Scope and Content
Series consists of notes, correspondence, advertising materials, ephemera, task lists, and financial statements pertaining to the Whaletown Community Club's annual Christmas dinner. Series was removed from a binder when accessioned.
Storage Location
3-5
Storage Range
3-5
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
This folder contains an original draft of the Constitution and Bylaws adopted in 1952, which set out the objects of the Club and the conditions of its operation, including area of operation, membership requirements, duties of officers and conduct of meetings.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
1
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
History / Biographical
In 1950 all records of the Whaletown Community Club were destroyed in a fire, and the Constitution and Bylaws had to be rewritten.
Scope and Content
This folder contains an original draft of the Constitution and Bylaws adopted in 1952, which set out the objects of the Club and the conditions of its operation, including area of operation, membership requirements, duties of officers and conduct of meetings.
Storage Location
1-17
Storage Range
1-17
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Constitution and bylaws; back-up files

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
electronic records
Accession Number
2017.009
Date Range
2001-2011
Scope and Content
File contains copies of the Constitution and Bylaws; it also included a CD-R titled "WCC Files, 2007-2011" (in CD/DVD album).
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
10
Accession Number
2017.009
Material Type
textual records
electronic records
Date Range
2001-2011
Scope and Content
File contains copies of the Constitution and Bylaws; it also included a CD-R titled "WCC Files, 2007-2011" (in CD/DVD album).
Storage Location
2-2
Storage Range
2-2
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1961, a B.C. Recreation Association membership application, a Penticton accommodation brochure, and two Regional recreation newsletters.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
4
File Number
1
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1961, a B.C. Recreation Association membership application, a Penticton accommodation brochure, and two Regional recreation newsletters.
Storage Location
1-25
Storage Range
1-25
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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203 records – page 1 of 11.